Intergenerational Human Capital Impacts and Complementarities in Kenya

Madeline Duhon, Lia Fernald, Joan Hamory, Edward Miguel, Eric Ochieng and Michael Walker

No 32617, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This study exploits experimental variation in parent human capital (early-life school-based deworming) and a shock to schooling (extended Covid closures) to estimate how these factors interact in the production of child human capital within a sample of 3,500 Kenyan 3-8 year olds. Parents with additional exposure to childhood deworming have children with improved human capital, including in health, non-cognitive development, and cognition; cognitive scores are +0.26 standard deviation units higher among treated parents' school-age children, only prior to school closures. Findings are interpreted through a model where home-based and school inputs are complements in the production of child cognition.

JEL-codes: I00 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06
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